NVIDIA · 2 days ago
Senior Deep Learning Performance Architect
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$184K/yr - $288K/yr
6+ years expNVIDIA is seeking a Senior Deep Learning Performance Architect to develop innovative architectures that enhance deep learning performance and efficiency. The role involves prototyping key algorithms, analyzing performance trade-offs, and collaborating with various teams to guide deep learning hardware and software development.
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Hiring Manager
Joshua Hasten
Responsibilities
Develop innovative architectures to extend the state of the art in deep learning performance and efficiency
Prototype key deep learning algorithms and applications
Analyze performance, cost and energy trade-offs by developing analytical models, simulators and test suites
Characterize power and performance on silicon parts and translate the learnings to architecture features and simulators
Understand and analyze the interplay of hardware and software architectures on future algorithms, programming models and applications
Actively collaborate with software, product and research teams to guide the direction of deep learning HW and SW
Qualification
Required
A Masters Degree (or equivalent experience) and 6+ years of meaningful relevant experience or PhD and 3+ years of experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
Strong foundation in Deep Learning model architectures and workload analysis with emphasis on LLM decode architectures and performance tradeoffs
Experience with performance and energy modeling, power architecture, architecture simulation, profiling, analysis, and visualizations
Strong programming skills in Python, C++
Preferred
Background with GPU Computing and parallel programming models such as CUDA
Experience with deep neural network training, inference and optimization in leading frameworks (e.g. Pytorch, JAX)
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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